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#invertebrates

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NSW.Biodiversity

Abusing beaches as highways

"Overcrowding due to a surge in visitors at some of Queensland's pristine beaches has raised safety and environmental concerns.Reports of offences including reckless driving, littering and even defecating have increased at 4WD beaches in recent years amid a domestic tourism boom."
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au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-ma
#beaches #dunes #traffic #cars #vehicles #SUVs #4WDs #Biodiversity #wildlife #Invertebrates #birds #shorebirds #MigratoryBirds #turtles #NSW #Queensland #Australia #regulation #climate #tourism

Vehicle access on the sand at Teewah and surrounding areas has proven controversial in recent years. Source: Rainbow Beach Community News via Yahoo news
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

Australia’s superb #lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey theconversation.com/australias paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wile

"The superb lyrebird scratches through the leaf litter and topsoil, using its powerful claws to search for #invertebrates... This loosens the soil, allowing more air and water to infiltrate, speeding up the decomposition of organic material... this creates an ideal habitat for the invertebrates on which it feeds"

photo of a large grey and brown bird with a beautiful long tail
#Birds#Animals
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Frank Ashwood

Introducing New Zealand's latest Bug of the Year- the magnificent Ngāokeoke or Velvet Worm!

These amazing, ancient creatures were around long before the dinosaurs, and are taxonomically considered close relatives of Arthropods and Tardigrades. They have a unique method pf prey capture - using a pair of glue-gun organs on their heads to immobilise prey with a shower of sticky glue.

Aotearoa has two genera of velvet worms: one lays eggs (Ooperipatellus, 1st photo) and the other gives live birth (Peripatoides, 2nd). Oh, and to mate, males deposit sperm onto the skin of their partner, which then burrow through the female's skin and migrate throughout their blood to be stored in special uterine tubes until needed!

Truly remarkable creatures and well-deserving of their new title!

A photograph of a velvet worm - an orange and purple-patterned invertebrate composed of many soft segments and tiny spined legs. The velvet worm has long, segmented antenna and a pair of organs on its head which squirt glue for prey capture.
A photograph of a velvet worm - an Blue and yellow-patterned invertebrate composed of many soft segments and tiny spined legs. The velvet worm has long, segmented antenna and a pair of organs on its head which squirt glue for prey capture.
#SoilBiodiversity#SoilEcology#Entomology
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Dr. John Barentine FRAS

"Light pollution is easily preventable: turn off unnecessary lights and the problem disappears. Unlike other pollutants, there is no need for a challenging cleanup operation.

"While artificial light is sometimes necessary for safety, we should prioritise lighting methods that minimise light pollution, reducing harm to the natural world while continuing to meet societal needs."

theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · Dark side of bright nights taking toll on forgotten invertebratesBy Guardian staff reporter
#LightPollution#DarkSkies#Wildlife
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Ele Willoughby, PhD

For the @printersolstice #printerSolstice2425 prompt copper, I made a #linocut horseshoe crab (Tachypeus gigas) in grey, blue-bronze and dark brown on 8" x 8" cream-coloured Japanese paper with bark inclusions. They get their name from their horseshoe like shape but they are not crabs; they are chelicerates, more closely related to arachnids and they are "living fossils" which have changed very little since 🧵

My linocut horseshoe crab is hand printed on 8” x 8” cream coloured Japanese paper speckled with some tiny brown bark inclusions. The crab is viewed from above and its body is printed with a base of grey, with some darker gold-green especially around the edges to give the impression it is a bit domed and then texture, edges, hairs around the edge of the horseshoe shape and the tail are printed in dark brown.
#printmaking#sciart#invertebrates
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Petra van Cronenburg

"We’re asking readers from around the world to nominate their favourite species for our second #Invertebrate of the Year competition ... #invertebrates are charismatic, ingenious and occupy all kinds of surprising niches and habitats on land and sea." theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · Nominate your invertebrate species of the yearBy Patrick Barkham
#biodiversity#InverteFest#animals
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